Promoted Tweets: Testing in the Timeline — When we launched Promoted Tweets in April, we outlined our plan for gradually rolling them out in all of the places people experience Twitter: first in search on Twitter.com, later in search through our partners, and eventually in the user timeline.

NPD: Android Surging, BlackBerry Falling, Apple Flat — Here's a chart pretty much guaranteed to get teeth grinding in Cupertino - new data from NPD showing Android extending its lead as America's most popular mobile operating system. — The consumer research group says that Google's software …

Samsung Galaxy Tab review — The story of the Galaxy Tab has been quite a saga, to say the least. In fact, it was actually back in May that we first heard rumblings of Samsung's plans to unleash a 7-inch Android tablet much like its Galaxy S phones, but it was only after months of painful teasing …

First official HTML5 tests topped by...Microsoft — Memo to Redmond: CSS ain't HTML — The Worldwide Web Consortium has released the results of its first HTML5 conformance tests, and according to this initial rundown, the browser that most closely adheres to the latest set of web standards is...Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.

Did Apple pay big bucks in iAds settlement? — A trademark lawsuit filed against Apple by a Web advertising firm over the term “iAds” was quietly settled in July. — No one has disclosed exactly how the case was resolved but Apple now owns the “iAds” trademark, and last week …

Sorry, Blekko Is Doomed — A new search-engine called Blekko just launched. It's the latest in a long line of companies to try to leapfrog Google by providing “better” search results. — Specifically, in Blekko's case, the company is using human input into algorithmic results to screen …

Jon Stewart to Reddit: you don't matter — Backstory: Reddit has been pushing support for the Stewart/Colbert rally since its inception, possibly since before its inception. — At the Rally For Sanity press conference on Saturday, Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit …

Target to Carry iPhone Beginning November 7th — Retail store chain Target today announced that it will begin carrying the iPhone as of November 7th in its 846 stores that offer Target Mobile centers. Target will carry both the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS, and will offer quick, on-the-spot activation.

PDC and Silverlight — [This blog post is from Bob Muglia, President of the Server and Tools Division at Microsoft] — Last week, we held our PDC conference on the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Wash. We also streamed it online using Silverlight (with both live and on-demand sessions).

Amazon's 3G Kindle leaps ‘Great Firewall of China’ — HONG KONG — Amazon's Kindle 3G e-reader is being snapped up on China's grey market as it has an extra special advantage for customers — it automatically leaps the so-called “Great Firewall” of state web censorship.

Reddit head leaves Conde Nast for Hipmunk — Christopher Slowe, a five-year veteran of Reddit who has been in charge of the Conde Nast-owned social news site since the departure of its founders Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian last year, announced on Monday that he's leaving his post.

88 High-Risk Defects Found in Android Kernel — This is the story of a cloud and its silver lining. — First, the cloud: Numerous programming flaws in the Android kernel include 88 high-risk defects that could leave users' sensitive information exposed, analysis firm Coverity announced today.

Salesforce.com planning huge Mission Bay headquarters — Salesforce.com, one of San Francisco's largest and fastest growing technology companies, plans to announce today that it will build an enormous new headquarters at Mission Bay. — The online sales software company …

Google Showing Related Brands, Stores & Types In Results — Google has been testing a form of related or search refinements for brand searches for several months now. But now I am seeing a new refinement that adds Stores and Types to the Brand refinement. — I was able to replicate it for the search [diamonds] and [cameras].